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Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Larynx or Oropharynx Cancer

NCT00014118 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2023-06-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining chemotherapy with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV cancer of the larynx or stage III or stage IV cancer of the oropharynx.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

carboplatin

DRUG

paclitaxel

PROCEDURE

conventional surgery

RADIATION

radiation therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Anthony J. Cmelak, MD · Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-06-06
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2009-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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